This is on The Ledge podcast and I'm your host, Jane Perrone, and this week we're going Gaga for Gesneriads.

Joining me this week I have Dale Martins of the Gesneriads Society to offer up all her

top tips for looking after this amazing

clan of plants, including a cunning way of watering, the problem of pests and also Gesneriad propagation.

I have to say after my interview with Dale earlier this week, I was so excited about Gessneriaz that I

literally spent all night dreaming about them. I am not joking. That's just quite how much I love

this group of plants. I'm really excited to bring you this episode. Now, before I forget, I must

remind you that I'm going to be appearing at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show next Wednesday the 4th of July.

I'll be talking about houseplants at 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock.

The same talk repeated twice, so unless you're really keen, you probably don't want to come to both.

And I'm going to be in the road, what's it called it's got a complicated name the

festival of roses theater so please do come and say hello if you're going to be there I will have a few

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